REGARDING THE CLASSIFICATION OF TOURIST SERVICES

Abstract

In this article, questions related to the classification of tourist services will be considered. Tourism as a potential resource in the development of the regional economy, despite the global financial crisis, has a positive trend in meeting the demand for tourist services. Methodical support for the realization of tourism potential is insufficiently complete, which indicates the urgent task of filling these gaps. Classification of tourist services is one of the main components of streamlining methods for the realization of tourism services. The classification contributes to the effective planning and use of tourist resources of the region and the country, as well as to the correct definition of the subject of the contract on the provision of this type of service. There are many types of tourist services that are classified on certain grounds. The main purpose of the tourist service is to satisfy the needs of tourists in the organization and implementation of travel, rest and recreation, including transportation, accommodation, meals, and excursions. The goal achieved by the activity of providing the listed types of tourist services can be taken as the main criterion for the classification of this type of service. The specified criterion can be considered as the main one for distinguishing other approaches for the classification of tourist services. The complex of services provided by a tourist company presupposes the allocation of basic (profile) tourist services and auxiliary services that ensure the actual tour. The classification of types of tourism can become the basis for structuring a tourist complex, the elements of which can be enterprises, organizations, institutions that provide tourist services to tourists, as well as organizations serving them, regardless of the goals and types of tourism.